A 'warrior' brain surgeon saved his Malibu street from wildfires and looters

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• westurner 80 days ago
  > training, N95 masks, sourced fire hoses

  > sprinklers in the roof, cement tiles instead of wood

  > Dr Griffiths, who is also a doctor to the LA Kings hockey team, said if one thing can come from the devastating tragedy, he wants people to get to know their neighbours.

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  • westurner 80 days ago
    From "Ask HN: Next Gen, Slow, Heavy Lift Firefighting Aircraft Specs?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42665860 :

    > Next-Gen Firefighting Aircraft (working title: NGFFA)
• ddxxdd 80 days ago
  An aphorism has been in my memory for a long time, that goes like this:

  It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

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  • HarryHirsch 80 days ago
    Tolkien scholars would ask the question: is Sam Gamgee the warrior or the gardener? (The right answer is: he is a gardener, the Lord of the Rings is all about rebuilding after destruction.)